Continuing professional development (CPD)
Our Continuing professional development (CPD) resources provide high-quality, practical mental health information that is relevant to everyone in the veterinary community.
RCVS Academy
The RCVS Academy, our free online learning platform, features three MMI mental health courses:
- Civility fundamentals – provides examples of what civility and incivility look like, and offers practical tools and insights to help the veterinary team build a culture of respect and understanding.
- Managing mental health in the workplace - explores how to recognise when mental health challenges might occur, and how to respond to create a safe, inclusive and supportive environment.
- Suicide awareness fundamentals - is designed to provide veterinary professionals with an understanding of suicide, enabling them to feel more confident and prepared to respond to suicide-related situations with sensitivity and care.
To access the RCVS Academy, log in to your MyRCVS Account.
Applied Mental Health Science Series
It is important that individuals and organisations are able find and use mental health information they can trust. We also know that professionals want more information around how to have supportive conversations, make reasonable adjustments at work and signpost people to support.
Through this series, Mind Matters aims to promote the importance of mental health literacy. Our resources ensure that equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is embedded so that employers can develop supportive practices where all individuals and teams can thrive.
Available now:
Understanding and managing stress in the veterinary workplace
Developed by Professor Elinor O’Connor, Occupational Psychologist
Let’s talk anxiety
Developed by Dr Jo Daniels, Clinical Psychologist
Let’s talk depression
Developed by Dr Neha Cattra, Counselling Psychologist, and Dr Lydia Poole, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Health Psychology
Let’s talk PTSD (Post – Traumatic Stress Disorder)
Developed by Dr Aimee McKinnon, Clinical Psychologist
Let’s talk OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
Developed by Dr Fiona Challacombe, Clinical Psychologist
Let’s talk perinatal anxiety & depression
Developed by Dr Fiona Challacombe, Clinical Psychologist
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training
Who is the course for?
The MHFA training course is open to all members of the veterinary community, as well as those in wider animal health and welfare roles.
This course is ideal for individuals who would like to become an MHFAider®, to gain the skills to spot signs of people experiencing poor mental health, be confident to start a conversation and signpost a person to appropriate support.
Held live online and delivered by an experienced vet and Mental Health First Aid England instructor, the training requires full participation in group discussions and activities in order to complete the course and receive certification.
Check out the short video below, from Kirstie Pickles MRCVS, our MHFA England Instructor, or to sign up, go to our events page.